Cat Stevens releases Teaser and The Firecat on October 1, 1971 …
“Glide on the Peace Train … “
Tag: folk rock
Nebraska
The Boss releases “Nebraska” on September 30, 1082. It’s #224 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Catch Bull At Four
Yusuf Cat Stevens releases my favorite of all his albums on September 27, 1972 …
Washington Square Serenade
The Hardcore Troubadour releases Washington Square Serenade on September 25, 2007. It wins a Grammy and — best of all — ends up providing the theme song to The Wire.
Sheryl Crow
Unlike her debut album, this one is all hers — written and produced by her and her alone.
Sheryl Crow releases her sophmore album — and my favorite — on September 24, 1996.
It includes “Redemption Day,” a song that Johnny Cash took a fancy to and recorded just before he passed away. Sheryl included it on her latest release, “Threads” as a duet and it’s a damn show-stopper.
Sea Change
Beck releases his 8th album on September 24, 2002 and it ends up at #436 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
It’s not sane …
Blind Melon releases their debut album on September 22, 1992.
The Bard.
Leonard Cohen.
b. September 21, 1934
Love Over Gold
Dire Straits release their 4th on September 20 1982 …
In a period when most pop music is conceived purely as product, Love over Gold dares to put art before airplay ~ David Fricke, Rolling Stone
The Concert in Central Park
Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in Central Park on September 19, 1981. Simon has said he didn’t appreciate the magnitude of the event until later when he went home, saw it covered on all media and on the front pages of newspapers the next day. Over 500,000 people showed up for one of the seminal gatherings in rock history.